Saturday, April 18, 2015

Following up on some good feedback from MUScoop on where teams rank if players turn go NBA, here is the updated best and worst case based on Value Add projections for each team. The database will start to be updated with all 4000 players projections soon and you will be able to click here, but I am working through a programming issue.

The players referenced below were all among the 20 players who still making final decisions on which school to attend or whether to go NBA. Smith-Rivera selected to stay with Georgetown and now projects as the 5th best player in the country, and Kris Dunn is still deciding if he will leave Providence for the NBA, and if he stays the Big East projects to have two of the top six players in the league.

Marquette is in the running for Damion Smith, who would project to be the 25th best player in the country and move MU all the way to 26th. Shonn Miller projects to be the 140th best player of 4000, and would project Marquette barely into the tournament at 45th. Both together would make Marquette 17th - neither would leave MU at 75th.

20 Biggest Decisions (Smith-Rivera already staying)

Rnk

Player

Team

Ht

Yr

Value Add

5

Smith-Rivera, D'Vauntes 4

Georgetown

6'3

4 Sr

9.68

6

Dunn, Kris 3

Providence/NBA

6'3

3 Jr

9.6

10

Wiltjer, Kyle 33

Gonzaga/NBA

6'10

4 Sr

9.02

18

Hield, Buddy 24

Oklahoma/NBA

6'4

4 Sr

8.52

23

Johnson, Stanley 5

Arizona/NBA

6'6

2 So

8.43

25

Lee, Damion 14

AZ,Lville,Gonz,Marq,MD

6'6

4 Sr

8.13

36

Yogi Ferrell, Kevin 11

Indiana/NBA

6'0

4 Sr

7.65

59

Poeltl, Jakob 42

Utah/NBA

7'0

2 So

6.97

104

Auguste, Zach 30

Notre Dame/NBA

6'10

4 Sr

5.96

140

Miller, Shonn

CT,IL,BC,Mich,Marq,Cal

6'7

3 Jr

5.6

147

Tollefsen, Mark 23

AZ,CA,SDSt.,WA,NV,TN

6'9

4 Sr

5.5

152

Thorne, Mike 12

Pitt,Ill,KS,KY

6'11

4 Sr

5.4

194

Hammons, A.J. 20

Purdue/NBA

7'0

4 Sr

4.99

218

Harris, Tyler 25

Available

6'9

4 Sr

4.8

254

Smith, Sterling 24

WF, Pitt, Rutg, Lville

6'4

4 Sr

4.53

259

Smith, Adam 3

Available

6'1

4 Sr

4.5

328

Gordon, Derrick 2

ORSt.,UtahSt,UNLV

6'3

4 Sr

4.1

367

Collins, Anthony 11

CA,TN,Bay,Gtown,St.Johns,Pur

6'1

4 Sr

3.9

404

LeVert, Caris 23

Michigan/NBA

6'7

4 Sr

3.72

412

Wallace, Tyrone 3

California/NBA

6'5

4 Sr

3.68

I am waiting on adding any JUCOs until Brad Winton finishes his update. I traded emails with him this week, and he is close.